LifeProof case for the iPhone 4S review [giveaway]

While at the most recent Show Stoppers event, I had the opportunity to check out the LifeProof case for iPhone 4S (and iPhone 4). Protection is always key for any of our beloved electronics, and whether you are a mountain biker, a swim lover, or a karate king trying to keep your iPhone protected while doing your favorite event is a struggle -- until you meet LifeProof. The folks at LifeProof have spent a lot of time (over two years) designing this case, and a whole lot of money (over two million dollars) into making sure that their product was the best to hit the market.

Whether in rain, snow, ice, dirt, sand, or any other horrid condition you can think of with your device the folks at LifeProof know that their case can protect your device without you needing to take any additional precautions. So, does the case really hold up to its name? Let's take a look at some video action and check out some more images of the case on the device.

Pretty impressive stuff, huh? Not just everyday would you trust a case enough to just toss it in a tank of water, or drop it from six feet onto the ground without cringing in fear of what damage was just done to the device. We know, you understand that it can keep the device protected, but you want to know how much bulk it adds to your device, and if it is comfortable in the hand, right? Well, short answer, yes -- and let's take a look at why.

Personally I always fear the super protective cases because I know you need to add bulk to protect, and often times companies love to go overboard with the bulk, and it makes holding the device feel unnatural, and it no longer comfortably fits in your hand and pocket, but this case is different, very different. Adding only 1/16 of an inch, or 1.5mm, and adding less than an ounce of weight, to say the case is surprisingly small would be an understatement.

Featuring a two piece snap together design the case fits very snug over the device, making getting the case on and off a bit of a struggle, but that is their intentions for the waterproof seal that the case offers. The top piece includes an attached scratch resistant and waterproof screen protector that still allows for complete operation of the touch screen, and with the waterproof seal around the edge of the case you don't have to worry about any dirt or dust getting under there.

The headphone jack is sealed by a screw in cap that can be removed and they include a headphone extension that screws in for those of us who wish to use their headphones will keeping the device protected. The charging port is covered by a flip down piece that seals very tightly. The cut out will allow chargers to be plugged in to the device without the removal of the case, and LifeProof also offers a dock extender that plugs into the charging port and allows the device to be docked with the case on.

Overall the case does an extremely good job at protecting the device while adding minimal bulk to the slim profile of your iPhone 4S (or iPhone 4). The look of the case is quite plain, but they do offer a few different color selections such as black, white, pink, and purple, and the color covers the complete device, including the front so you can make it appear as though you have a totally different color iPhone than you really do!

Giveaway

We are giving away our review unit; it was used slightly (don't worry it isn't the one in the test video!) and it is in near perfect condition. Simply leave a comment letting us know what kind of abuse you put your iPhone through that requires LifeProof to protect it.

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LifeProof case for the iPhone 4S review [giveaway]

I drop my iPhone 4S a lot i'm very clumsy and I really need the case I almost dropped it in a pool once and my phone falls when it's in my pocket at the park and other places I go and it fell in the snow once and since my phone is in my pockets my dog scratches the back of the phone when she needs to go out but the scratches don't show as much but u can still notice it and I want the case but I don't have the money to buy it and it needs to be protected and safe to take to the pool and the beach before summer is over

I've been looking into Lifeproof since I started going to a nearby water park. I've owned a Otter Box case it's like carrying around a tank. Does anyone have any feedback on how easy this is to get in and out of your pockets? I know it sounds strange, but the Otter Box was difficult to use and always full of lint.
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I am overly cautious with my phone, yet being the klutz I am I still manage to drop it and I have a near panic attack every time I do. Snow has managed to get in my pocket, as well as a freak rainstorm leaking into my purse, reaching my phone. Add our six year old, who absolutely loves playing on my phone.. With summer and beach days coming up.. I know the life proof case is a necessity for my life!!!!!!

I stick my iphone (because i use it to listen to music) in my sports bra at the gym. It gets all sweaty and the rubber on my otter box stretched out because of it. I sure would love to try the lifeproof case.

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I work demolition and my 4s is prone to getting covered in dirt and dust and otter box isn't a safe guard for that also take care of a 100gallon salt water fish tank whilst home so wet often would be a plus to receive my business calls and not miss them while in shower and the kids play with my iPhone a lot so would be a plus to be able to clean it after since they are always doing something arts and crafty

It sounds like the ultimate case for me. I'm constantly dropping my phone in mud and water. I'm a plumbing contractor and a swimming pool cleaning professional but I can't tell you how many phones I have lost by dropping it into unsanitary water/sewage and swimming pools. Please reward me for my carelessness. Thanks Larry

I use my iphonefor everything! Its my internet acessto complicated formulas on the job site, i climb scaffolding to take pics. I use it for back up nav charts while sailing reef filled warers at night. It goes island hopping innmy pocket and some times a wave getsthe best of me while beaching the dinghy. Ive pulled friends out of the surf enough times to look for a solution before they get to payback the favor saying at least your not the first one to ruin ur iphone on jost

A young boy and his father went out fishing one fine morning. After a few quiet hours out in the boat, the boy became curious about the world around him. He looked up at his dad and asked "How do fish breath under water?" His dad thought about it for a moment, then replied "I really don't know, son." The boy sat quietly from another moment, then asked his father again, "How does our boat float on the water?" Once again his dad replied, "Don’t know, son." Pondering his thoughts again, a little while later, the boy asks "Why is the sky blue?" Again, his dad replied, "Don’t know, son." The inquisitive boy, worried he was disturbing his father, asks this time "Dad, do you mind that I'm asking you all of these questions?" "Of course not son", replied his dad, "How else are you ever going to learn anything?"
I sometimes think that many posts and whole sites are much alike this story...

My wife and I like to Fly Fish while traveling around the country in our RV. We like to have our iPhones with us while fishing in the rivers. Many times these rivers have very fast water flowing and if we drop a phone, it may take off down stream for some distance. Wouldn't it be great if the phone was in an iPhone Lifeproof Case and if we could locate our phone while it is under shallow water with the Find My Phone Apple app.

I work for an airline in the ramp operations area. That means I am exposed to rain, snow, heat and extreme cold at times. My phone is also exposed to being banged and shocked against equipment we work around. Also spend a good deal of time in saltwater enviroment.

Case works! BUT no costomer service.. Phone number is worthless no answer,same for twitter account! Bought second gen for 4s people I call have hard time hearing me! Siri can't understand! Because of design of case I can't use docking station and the company has a dock extender but it's been out of stock for months!! Again worst part is lifeproof doesn't answer any calls,inquires or twitter posts! Sure it works to keep water out but it's worthless once your $400 phone is in it!! Horrible customer service! Don't make the same mistake I did and buy this!!!

I work in a magazine factory. As you can imagine the dust is terrible. I even had to have the screen on my old iPhone replaced from dust that got under the screen. I have tried various cases but none seem to be able to keep the dust out. I figure if a case is waterproof it must be dust proof. I'd like to find out!

I do a lot of charity bike rides each year and therefore ride my bike all the time in a lot of different conditions. I would love to be able to safely take my iPhone with me on these rides without having it packed away to keep it safe! Thanks for the opportunity!

A job working with teenagers with behavioural problems, two young dogs, a malamute and sheepdog with a love of water and cuddles...often in that order. I love the mountains and climbing and am constantly outdoors, and a slight habit of leaving my phone on the side of the bath while I'm in it!

Only having had the iPhone for 2 months, I took it to the gym and inadvertently dropped a weight on it. If I had only had the LifeProof case, I could have probably saved myself a lot of grief! Now I am off to the Apple Store to see if my phone is fixable :(. Wish me luck! Needless to say, I am really hoping to buy some plastic "insurance" for fear of my future klutzy self!

I am a boyscout and put my phone through many bad places. Recently, we were 3 miles from our cars as it poored down rain on us. Not only were we soaked to the bone we all fell while carrying our Packs. This case could protect my phone for use in emergencys!
Thank you

While I don't get to travel often, I am the busy working mother of two children, sole support of my family, and am frequently 'schlepping' things in and out of the car, around airports and grocery stores. It seems my hands are always full of packages and bags and peoples' things. I have dropped my phone in some ridiculous places, including mud puddles, piles of snow (where I retrieved it several hours later face down), under my neighbor's front tire (cannot explain how that happened but I had to get her to move her car for me to safely remove the phone). For some reason my current phone has an affinity for the garage floor, which is (thankfully) dry. We had a lovely canoe trip in the summer this year with friends and, well, they would not permit me to bring my phone for obvious reasons. I had to dry out my previous phone (a Blackberry, which I detested) and was without a phone on a business trip because I had had one such phone mishap prior to departing. The phone eventually partially recovered enough to get me to my next phone contract, at which point I purchased an iphone, which has barely lived through its current cover.
My new iphone 4 is on its way. I can't really afford this Life Proof cover, but I know I need it.

I am constantly dropping my iPhone my other phone camera broke because Im always dropping! I have a fear that one of these days I will drop it in the toilet! I would love a free case, then I can show all of my friends that have iPhones do they can buy one too!

I am currently enrolled in a University on the coast. I participate in numerous activities that have the ability to destroy my phone on a daily basis. Rugby practice two to three times a week means worrying about protecting my phone from sand, dirt, mud, and water instead of focusing on practice. Weightlifting and running with my iphone proves a challenge because I have to worry about my case getting sweaty and dropping it on a trail, but also trying to make sure my phone doesn't get smashed by a dumbbell or weight plate. Also, the sand and water associated with beach activities and sailing means I can't bring my iphone with me for videos, or safety purposes while sailing. These are activities that I go through on a weekly basis, not to mention the occasional mountain hike, lake fishing trip, or backpacking excursion. I broke my new commuter case today just by trying to take it off to wipe off my phone from the dust and other particles the case attracts. This case would benefit me greatly and suits my lifestyle.

I have used a different case and dropped my phone yesterday broke it, and the last phone I had I dropped it in the jacuzzi when searching for a song. The 4s is a phone to protect my investment. I researched every case sold around the world, and found this is the one to buy. I support lots of charities, and missed calls can mean lost funds for great things. I can monitor calls while in the shower or poolside having fun! What a great product!!!!!

I am a baseball field supervisor sovi deal with all of the weather conditions. I have to protect my phone from dirt, rain, wind, drops, being hit by objects. I would greatly appreciate this case as I know it would protect my phone from any damage.

In need of one of these, soo bad! My case for the I-Phone now is not shatter proof, dust or dirt proof, or safe, from water! I've dropped previous phones, in the past, loading, & un-loading boxes, sliding across the ice, in the parking lot, after a snow storm! Exposed to rain while running to get under cover! For emergencies, to be carrying a phone, at all times, you can count on. To use in case a situation arises. working in delv. & pick-up, was a necessity. Especially while entering a bank, for proof work, while holding the keys, & opening doors, when no one's around, but YOU! That's when a case like one of these, would keep you safe, from all of the above! Hope I get the chance to use one of these, but with all the competition, would be a great thing to offer all the less unfortunate, a coupon, for a discount on one, should we have to purchase one! You'd probably have a lot of interested customers, with the recession, we're in! THANKYOU for letting us all tell our stories, here's to the best one!

I just received my phone in the mail today! First time for me with the data plan and I went with Siri!! Got it as a birthday present (12/24) from my awesome husband and really need to protect this new baby. A friend at work has the same cover and LOVES it! Would really be appreciative of getting one...........

I am the mother of two very active children we are always on the go and live life to the fullest. Needless to say I am not the most organized mother... so one afternoon while looking for my new iphone4s my 4 yr old runs by me making bird noises and out of the corner of my eye I see him fall and the phone fly out of his hand. It was a slow motion horrific sight!! Life proof "please save my phone". OH if you make a life proof case for a 4yr old please let me know.

I travel often and am often caught in bad situations. Last november, my iphone 4 died in the tropical forest of Costa Rica. I was soaked from head to toe and although I put my phone in the deepest compartment of my backpack, water got through! Wish I had this case.

I've been reading about the various iphone cases on the market for weeks now, and have continuously come back to lifeproof. i live life on the edge every now and then--biking, climbing, snowboarding, and surfing. got to love it! this would be an awesome case to protect my new phone, a gift from my brother. i expect it to be coming in the mail soon and it would be awesome to receive this case as a give away. thanks!

Finally saved up enough to afford the 4s and now i worry about protecting it. Money is so tight i'm using a old case that is really too big. Would like to use it out in the snow this winter and water this summer but it won't happen till I feel I have a good case

Hi I really need this case I work in a amusement park always around pools and filters and always getting wet in the summer winter time between duck hunting and deer hunting in the outdoor elements I can't ever take phone with have to leave it in the truck sometimes that could unsafe fishing the beach in the summer can b fun but I would love to have phone to listen to music and check the weather and tides condition while on the beach. Thanks

I don't need this case. My girlfriend NEEDS this case. She literally as clumsy as they come. She has an iPhone 4S and I originally got her a Mophie Juice Pack Air to offer protection and extra battery life. She thinks the case is too bulky so I decided I would let her take it off and while we find something else. It took her less than one day to drop the phone and put 3 chips in the space between the aluminum frame and the screen. As I read this review, she gets up and goes into the bathroom. She comes back out and informs me she just dropped her phone in the toilet and has no idea how it happened. SHE NEEEDS THIS CASE other wise I'm doomed...

I'm a self employed joiner/cabinet maker so I need to make sure that when I'm in the workshop the fine dust that got in to all my previous mobiles doesn't get in to my new I phone 4s. Also, on site I have exposed (by accident) my old phones to all types of things like wet plaster, cement and brick dust to name a few. I bought an ultimate addons "waterproof" case off the net because although it is bulky it can be removed in seconds and put in a silicon bumper style case for when I finish work. But when I tested the case without the phone in it under the tap for literally 3 seconds it let water in and so therefore will let the ultra fine dust that gets in everything at work. I looked at all the waterproof cases available on the net and although you can't remove the Lifeproof case too many times without compromising the seal its exactly what i'm looking for! I'd like to see if this case can do what it says it can do!?

I have dogs, big dogs and lots of them. I need this protector to keep the hair and drool out of my phone. Not to mention when they steel the phone. Or when we tromps thru the bush, and water and what ever a dog does, I'm there too.

Happy New Year!
I'm sure ALOT, of us could use the Lifeproof case, on New Year's Eve, drinking, & all! As well as my mishaps, of my own! Protection from the dogs, as well as in a purse, & keys scratching the screen. Been thru a Hurricane, & dropped it in the rush, after winds, rains blowing sideways, & trees being up-rooted over the whole neighborhood! You'd drop your phone too, if you lived thru that mess. Lol With gardening, & the great outdoors, dropping it in dirt, & dust, all exposed to my I-Phone. It would be a great honor to be considered as the person you'd choose, to use your super invention, & put it to the test, as proof, just how well it works! I'd be pleased & honored , to try it out, & recommend others, it's a great investment, for a a great phone, the I-Phone 4, or 4S, LIFEPROOF CASE, just what it means, for LIFE!

I am a powersports Enthusiest! I take my Iphone and listen to it while I am racing, where I will race for 2-6 hrs straight depending on the race. These races are held where I may be fully engulfed in mudd and water up over my knees at times and at some point be fully soaked blasting through creeks and ravines. I also take it along while on snowmobiling adventures. I use it to track, VIA a GPS tracker, my route.I have taken it everytime I go snowboarding and skiing with my kids as well. As you can see I have put my 3G through some beatings and moisture intrusive situations and really need to protect my investment of the 4S I purchased! MY HAND IS RAISED HIGH FOR RECEIVING THE GIVEAWAY!
THANK YOU...

I'm a bartender and needless to say, the job is wet...very wet!!!!
I've got a newborn and like to stay in contact. I'm also very active; running, bicycling and basically on the constant go. Never still and never dry. This would be an awesome gift!! Whoever gets it will be very very happy!! Thanks So Much for even considering me!! Happy Holidays to you all and Stay Moving!!

I am a baker and I use my iPhone when Im decorating cakes to go over notes and look up pictures and colors. I had just a plain case on it and it dies, wouldn't turn on. My husband opened it up to see why and there was powder sugar in my phone. probably when I was making frosting. I've gone through 2 phones in 8 months, I need this case! can't loose another phone to powder sugar.

A parent of two small children, I am always on the go. Between dirty diapers, spilled milk, baths, spaghetti sauce, teething children and numerous drops, my cell phones have to withstand about everything. This case sounds like just what I need to protect my newly purchased iPhone! Thanks for your review of the product!! :)

I go everywhere with my iPhone, hiking, alligator wrestling, surfing( w/h20 proof case ) and I let my 2yr old play games on it. I could really use a life proof case. And if u send me one( black/blue) ill promise to tell my friends all about it!!

I 'drowned' my iPhone 4, so our 2yr old grandson wouldn't, diving into pool where he had fallen & was underwater. He was 'A-ok' ~ even held his breath!!
Alas, the iPhone wasn't. Tried putting it into rice immediately - 2 days later, still dead. Send me Life-Proof !!!!!
-Art

I have 2 young boys 2 and 4 that HAVE TO watch their shows when we are out anywhere and now think it is funny to try and drop it in to every glass of liquid on the table. Lifeproof would allow me to actually enjoy my phone when working out and takig a break very so often.
Thanks for the chance
Ken

I dropped my 3 day old iPhone 4s in my cereal milk, I am a clutz and definitely am in need of a case such as this one. Especially with the numerous days I will be spending in the snow this winter, a case like this only seems like a smart investment.

I have 2 kids that love to leave smudges, scratches, and slobber all over my iPhone. And I'm lucky if they don't drop or throw it across the room! As if that's not enough, I left my phone on the back of my car one day and drove off! It was cracked and ruined of coarse, and so now I'm on my 2nd iPhone and scared to death something will happen to it. I love my phone so much! I know that life proof would save me so much worry, hassle, and money! I need one !!! I can't afford another iPhone if something happens!

It will be for my husband who will be kayaking in Alaska for 10 days and he drops everything. I thought this case would be perfect even in his drybag.
And if I don't get this one, I'm getting him a pink cover so if he drops it, hopefully it will be more visible!HA!

I want this! I'm easily found on facebook under A Shahram Fayaz. I'm a student, I climb, I'm a black belt at a karate studio in California, I'm a dancer and on a team, I work out, and I do a LOT of traveling to Europe and the middle east, under extreme conditions, the worst of it being my 30 + cousins who love getting their hands on my phone to play with the hundreds of apps on the thing. It really gets abused. My last bump was torn down within a couple of months after owning it. I currently own a camera I can take underwater, but thought how cool would it be to take the iphone underwater instead! The salsa pool parties are amazing enough, also snowboarding near my house... I really want this. Give it to me. I'm buying one too =)

Well, I use it every where I go. I am in the military and were I am my phone is with me. I recently destroyed a blackberry on the rifle range and the phone was in my cammie pocket the whole time. Mean while I had a gortex jacket on because it was rain like b-jesus. Whenever I go to arizona for desert training I take my phone to stay in contact with my husband and my 2 year old son who loves talking to his momma, but I have to use ziplock bags just to keep the dirt out of the phone. Like I said I have a 2 year old son and there are way to many times I have had to put a game (educational of course) on my phone so when we are at a Dr appt or a restaurant so he does not cause a scene in public. How about when we go out on the boat there has been to many close calls for my phone to get shoved in the sand or dropped into the water getting off the boat. All I am saying is I would really love to have this case. My best friend is a bartender and she bought one of these and show me how she can put it in a pitcher of water and it will still work. I could not believe it. My husband just bought me the iphone 4 yesterday for an early Christmas present and I CAN NOT afford to brake this phone.

My name is Chris, and I work on a farm.
We milk cows, finish raising beef cattle and farm over 2,000 acres of land. We do not call mechanics to fix machines. We are the mechanic. We do not call a vet for sick cattle. We are the vet. I go from changing oil on a tractor to having two arms up a heifers private area to help give birth in a matter of minutes. I have lost several iphones due to otterbox not making a tough enough case. I do not make a lot of money at this job, so a free case would be awesome.
Thanks for reading.
Chris

I'm a police office from western Australia who has to put his phone through as much crap as I go through. Trying to talk on my phone in the looting rain whilst managing traffic at an intersection thanks to a downed power line. Fighting with idiots, phone falling out of my pocket, and getting stuck between the criminal, me, and the floor. Diving into water to save the young kid drowning but never having the time to thInk... Hey, chuck your phone out first. I have Von through that many phones dude to poor covers. Let's see of the life proof beats the otterbox. I'd love to try out your test case.

I work in Singapore where there is plenty of rain all year round.
I drive a fork lift every day, my phone drop from height everyday, and one of my phone went under the forklift and crushed.
I need the case badly

I am Professional Firefighter/EMT for St. Tammany Fire Dist. #3 and also a E.R. Tech for St. Tammany Hospital and Lakeview Hospital Geri Psych. I am an avid hunter and fisherman (when I am off work that is). I go down to Gulf Shores 2 or 3 times a year and have lost a phone there before. I like camping and trail hiking. I do all of these things without any case on my phone. I could really use a case to keep my phone longer and in better shape. You would think i could afford a phone case but my wife is out of work and Firefighters dont make much. This case would assure me my phone will not get wet on a fire scene, the running in th E.R. an the phone hitting the ground will save my phone, and the water and dirt from hunting and fishing wont ruin it either. Thank You All For This Opportunity.

I have been wondering when someone would come out with a case which truly protects thi investment. I am a flight paramedic who works in every type of weather and conceive able environment. No matter the conditions we go to work. Mud, dirt, snow, rain, and every other fluid known to man. Definitely need a quality product that wil truly protect, not just give a false sense of security. Would love to ha e one.

I have been wondering when someone would come out with a case which truly protects thi investment. I am a flight paramedic who works in every type of weather and conceive able environment. No matter the conditions we go to work. Mud, dirt, snow, rain, and every other fluid known to man. Definitely need a quality product that wil truly protect, not just give a false sense of security. Would love to ha e one.

I would love to have one of these! I am a welder. So even when I have it in my pocket or put up in the shop it gets grinding/metal dust in it. My first iPhone 4s lasted 4 days due to the dust gathering in the mic and speakers. I have resorted to carrying my new phone in a zip lock bag so that I can keep it sealed. Please help me!!

my iphone has been though hell. i have bought the new 4S and realized that i want to take better care of this. i have a case now but i want better protection. i go hiking all the time, swim and go off roading in my car. my car dock isnt as sturdy as i would like and would rather have a case that'll fully protect it. i am very careful with my phone now but i know after a while i will start to get careless. please help me out with this wonderful case!

I love my iPhone and always have it with me. The only thing about it is I work on a river dreadge making sand. I'm always in fear of dropping my phone in water or sand getting in my phone. I would love to test this out and see if it lives up to its name. I have a case now and I put it in two ziplock bags for when I get on and off the boats.

Yeah my daughter goes through phones like crazy. She saved her money for her iPhone because honestly I was tired of replacing them. She saw this case and loves it and it would help her also to stop going through so many phones.

I am a bartender at the hard rock Casino in Biloxi Mississippi. Everyday my phone gets wet, thrown around and highly abused. I even had my last phone go down the drain, it stayed there for two years until it finally backed the entire restaurant up. It cost the bar $800, which thankfully was covered under maintenance. When they pulled it out, the phone still worked because it was in a case. I ultimately decided that lifeproof like the best case and decided to get one. Maybe y'all could save me some money and give me the demo, I promise it will be tested daily!!

This device does not work. My name is Kourosh Mohammadi (ostadkourosh@yahoo.com) I just bought one of these for almost 80 dollars from best buy. Put it in my pocket to go to the beach for a few days. Now my iphone has water damage. I will have to pay another >300 dollars at least to replace it. Would not buy this thing! I tried to call their toll free number and it did not work. Very nice.

I have dropped my phone in the snow and then driven over it with my truck. I have slipped into a stream up to my chest with my phone on my belt. I have dropped my phone while answering it and scaled it across concrete and pavement. I've rolled on my phone while working in tight spaces and cracked the screen. I can't have a phone without this kind of protection.

Everyday, heavy road cases moving and bumping, chain motors moving, things ripping the phone off my belt. Picture a construction site and a demolition site all together and the chaos that entails. Using another case that doesn't have the protection from water and dust. Thanks!

DO NOT, whatever you do, order a case from Lifeproof!!!!! I ordered 4 cases from different companies for my 4s with the intention of deciding which one that I liked the best and returning the remainders. (I know I was out the shipping but it was a necessary expense in my mind to find the right case for me.) I have successfully returned all of the cases but the life proof case for minimal charges. I have tried to reach them via their website (the url at the bottom of their own packing slip is bad), Via their contact email on their website (I recvd a form return email stating that they were very busy and would get back with me in a few days (WTF, this is 2011 right?) that was 10 days ago. Via their 1-800 number (left on hold for 10 minutes then got a recording stating that no one could answer my phone call and to lease a msg). I just cannot believe this company. The absolute WORST customer service I have ever encountered. Every time that you try to contact them, it is like running in a circle. And of course this was the most expensive case that I purchased to try out! I was going to send it back because it feels like very cheap plastic. BUYER BE WARNED.

I choose one of the two otter boxes that I bought. I had an otter box for my 3GS and it saved my phone from numerous falls (one from over a story high to a gym floor). I like the sturdy feel of the otter box (the life proof case does not have that feel to it). I am a nurse and carry my phone in my scrubs with me at work and am very rough with it-when I sold my 3GS a couple of weeks ago it still looked new even after having it for 2 years. BTW the second otter box that I was trying out has already been returned ($4),and credited back to me!

As a firefighter my iphone takes abuse as I take it along with me on calls. Just a few days ago I was getting out of our Engine to help push a stranded motorist car out of traffic when my iphone dropped 6 feet onto the street and luckily my apple bumper protected it! I like to take my iphone with me on calls to look brush up on info on the way to a call if needed or take pictures or videos of our rescues for training purposes. My iphone needs protection from falls, water, shock and even pit bulls lol. Ive been attacked more than once while on duty by pits....

My I Phone bit the dust on a medical mission trip to Guatenala. It was in an Otter Box. It was rainy the whole trip and my phone only lasted 1 day. I do not know if it was rain or humidity, or simply sealing it in my poncho pocket. Hopefully Lifeproof will fair better.

Imagine how much abuse i put my iphone 4 thru.. I am a Firefighter/EMT in a rural area of Knoxville, TN. I would to get my hands on one of your cases to put it to the test and in return i would promote your product to my Brothers /Sisters of the Fire Department.

I work as a field technician in the environmental industry as a profession and am constantly digging in the dirt, contaminated soils, and contaminated groundwater (oil spills, PCBs, PHCs, heavy metals etc), exposing my phone to the worst possible situations. Plus the fact that I dont have a choice to stop working if it snows, rains, hails, is windy etc. I work mostly in the Canadian arctic and would love to bring my iphone 4s with me on my trips, but usually dont for fear of destroying it. I currently have an old beat up sanyo 700 military grade phone I use in the field and constantly feel disconnected from the world.
Personally, I spend my free time rock climbing, hiking, biking, camping, kayaking etc. and really put my devices to the test and cant live without my tunes! I also spend allot of time working on my properties and plan to build a house in the spring, which will again, put my device to the tests.
This case would give me a piece of mind.
Thanks,
Ryan Fletcher

I have two kids one is 8 and loves the games on my phone and she is also not as responsible as I would like her to be with my phone. I also have a 2 year old that just loves the touch screen and sometime I can hear him "touching" the screen all the way in the kitchen. Also my husband and I are the outdoorsy type. In the summer we ride 4wheelers rain or shine so Iam also packing my phone in a bag and then hiding under cover when I need to use it. We ride through some rough terraine and often time get stuck in mudd whole and I have droped my phone in them a time or two. In the winter time we ride snowmobile far into the next state so sometimes is snowing somtimes its freezing rain or even a little bit of both and when you are riding for hours at a time everything tents to get cold and WET. So I need somthing to but my phone in that can hold up to all the element that I and my phone are exposed to.

I've had my casio G Z rugged phone for over 3 years and the phone has been great but time to upgrade to a smartphone. I am very hard on my phones and my old shockproof waterproof phone has stood the test of time.
I have just ordered the iphone 4s as I am a mac user and love my itouch...
I teach rock climbing, backcountry skiing, and hiking to college students and young kids and need my phone in case of emergencies. I also teach art and have a 5 year old daughter. I like to mountain bike and trail run with my phone in case I get hurt or a weirdo is following me.. These are all the reasons I need a rugged case for my new phone that I hope to have for another 3 years.
Cheers, mom and jack of all trades

I am a Firefighter/Paramedic in Florida. I am constantly in wet and crazy conditions. Getting the otterbox in and out of my pocket is a ridiculous feat in itself, considering the rubber outer skin. Plus, it has to be taken apart regularly to clean the dust particles. I have been researching the LifeProof case for about a week. This would be an incredible opportunity to see the capabilities of the LifeProof.

I am a low paid security guard in a hospital. I work in the ER and constantly have to take down and restrain drunk, psychotic, and high patients. The ones on cocaine are the worst, they are so strong even tho they are usually puny! My phone constantly gets hit/crushed/slammed/thrown/and more!

My boyfriend is a professional snowboard judge. However, when he's not traveling he's building. As a contractor his phones have seen the worst conditions just on the inside of his pocket. His last touchscreen phone battled with drill bits and screws. I think though the worst maybe the fine dust from dry walling that fills every orifice. He's been waiting forever to finally get his first iPhone. I am

Its not so much the abuse that I put my phone through, but my 18 month old daughter. She has a tendency to take my phone and put it all over the place. The other day I found it in the refrigerator. One of these days I am afraid that it will end up in the toilet.

Its not so much the abuse that I put my phone through, but my 18 month old daughter. She has a tendency to take my phone and put it all over the place. The other day I found it in the refrigerator. One of these days I am afraid that it will end up in the toilet.

The water/and proof portion of this case and being slim is the attracting factor. I just recently ordered a sprint iphone 4s and I would definitely love to carry a slim cased iphone vs a bulky one, my current phone (Touch Pro 2) is HUGE and bulky and I hate it when I wear it in my slim fit jeans. What I do like about the Touch Pro 2 was I can treat it like a brick and it still works. I drop while talking on the phone, sometimes I abuse it by tossing it on the floor when I get back home, and if this case does that, sweet, though I probably not gonna toss it around as much as the TP2. I also play sand volleyball and don't carry my phone with me, having this will definitely allow me to do so with no worry of sand in the phone! in addition not to worry about if it rains while I have it lying out in the sand while I concentrate on the game!

Being a roofing appraiser, I am constantly on the go in treacherous conditions. Everything from climbing on top of church steeples to 10 story commercial buildings. The elements aren't always the best as well having to endure through rain, snow and heights, YIKES! On top of that with an infant and a two year old at home, let's just say my phones get plenty of abuse! I went through 2 iPhone 4's being on the job from falling off of roofs, and lost 1 iPhone 4 for being "dropped" in the toilet from my little one. Now I am on my first iPhone 4S and I think Siri is fearing for her life every time i climb a ladder now! This case seems like the perfect solution to the drops, spills, rain, & snow that I deal with on a day to day basis, not to mention my kids!

What do we have to do for the giveaway? I've always wanted this case!! I'm an avid amateur photography and always wanted to take underwater photography or not have to worry about hiking with it I the desert.

What do we have to do for the giveaway? I've always wanted this case!! I'm an avid amateur photography and always wanted to take underwater photography or not have to worry about hiking with it I the desert.

Besides the fact that my one year old routinely chews on the end of my phone, I have spent the last month with a broken screen due to one of those "oops moments". My last phone was replaced as it "oh so quickly" slipped in to the toilet....geez, who doesn't keep their phone in their back pocket. Overall, I am just naturally rough on a phone. I am getting the iphone 4s for my birthday November 9th and would LOVE to try out this new case.

I just returned from a tour at Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan in 09. My old iphone was destroyed when our uparmored vehicle was hit by a suicide bomber in a van. Most of us survived, but my iphone gave it's life in the battle. I am heading back for another tour (this will make my 4th middle east tour in 6 years) leaving in January. I need the lifeproof case bad.

I just returned from a tour at Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan in 09. My old iphone was destroyed when our uparmored vehicle was hit by a suicide bomber in a van. Most of us survived, but my iphone gave it's life in the battle. I am heading back for another tour (this will make my 4th middle east tour in 6 years) leaving in January. I need the lifeproof case bad.

I just returned from a tour at Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan in 09. My old iphone was destroyed when our uparmored vehicle was hit by a suicide bomber in a van. Most of us survived, but my iphone gave it's life in the battle. I am heading back for another tour (this will make my 4th middle east tour in 6 years) leaving in January. I need the lifeproof case bad.

I'm a career firefighter / paramedic and have totaled several phones from various damaging activities. I've gotten off the engine from a fire and gone right from bunker boots to the ambulance and left my phone to fend for its self on the tail board (it hung on for a few blocks!).
Needless to say I've tried otterboxes and body gloves with mixed results. I'm always looking for better and less bulky ways to protect my electronic leash!

Hey! NYC emt here. So we were hit by two storms. First Irene and then the October snow storm. They did a number on my iPhone 4. The plus side, I upgraded to the 4s. I use my phone as a gps on the field. Medical data analysis and patient care reports. This new 4s is a wonderful devise and it would be a great shame to have anything happen to it!!

I put my poor phone through a lot! I work as a large animal veterinarian...hooves, horns, the wheels of my truck, medications, bodily fluids. Trust me, you don't want to know the details, but my phone is always at risk!

after spending all day in a haze of fine sawdust and spray finishes and paints in the cabinet shop i work in, my poor iphone 3G would then be subjected to being dragged along on a 5 mile run -- sometimes in rain sometimes in heat sometimes in cold... and still its day would not be done... after a short break during my shower its back out into the even more dangerous and raucous world of pubs and clubs, coming along with me as i play gigs throughout new england for hard drinkers, fighters and lovers... my iphone rued the day they came out with the guitar toolkit app(which i use constantly for guitar tuning)... because once i could combine a watch/clock, ipod, guitar tuner and still be in touch with friends and fans and bar owners thru email/text/phone.... my iphone never left my side... through sawdust and the elements and spilled pints of guinness and shots of tequila, i put it through some serious work... i suppose if it were human i would have to give it extra hazard pay... it was in the end too much for my otterbox... which passed away 2-3 months ago.... now i have a brand new iphone 4s in dire need of some serious protection....please?

after spending all day in a haze of fine sawdust and spray finishes and paints in the cabinet shop i work in, my poor iphone 3G would then be subjected to being dragged along on a 5 mile run -- sometimes in rain sometimes in heat sometimes in cold... and still its day would not be done... after a short break during my shower its back out into the even more dangerous and raucous world of pubs and clubs, coming along with me as i play gigs throughout new england for hard drinkers, fighters and lovers... my iphone rued the day they came out with the guitar toolkit app(which i use constantly for guitar tuning)... because once i could combine a watch/clock, ipod, guitar tuner and still be in touch with friends and fans and bar owners thru email/text/phone.... my iphone never left my side... through sawdust and the elements and spilled pints of guinness and shots of tequila, i put it through some serious work... i suppose if it were human i would have to give it extra hazard pay... it was in the end too much for my otterbox... which passed away 2-3 months ago.... now i have a brand new iphone 4s in dire need of some serious protection....please?

after spending all day in a haze of fine sawdust and spray finishes and paints in the cabinet shop i work in, my poor iphone 3G would then be subjected to being dragged along on a 5 mile run -- sometimes in rain sometimes in heat sometimes in cold... and still its day would not be done... after a short break during my shower its back out into the even more dangerous and raucous world of pubs and clubs, coming along with me as i play gigs throughout new england for hard drinkers, fighters and lovers... my iphone rued the day they came out with the guitar toolkit app(which i use constantly for guitar tuning)... because once i could combine a watch/clock, ipod, guitar tuner and still be in touch with friends and fans and bar owners thru email/text/phone.... my iphone never left my side... through sawdust and the elements and spilled pints of guinness and shots of tequila, i put it through some serious work... i suppose if it were human i would have to give it extra hazard pay... it was in the end too much for my otterbox... which passed away 2-3 months ago.... now i have a brand new iphone 4s in dire need of some serious protection....please?

after spending all day in a haze of fine sawdust and spray finishes and paints in the cabinet shop i work in, my poor iphone 3G would then be subjected to being dragged along on a 5 mile run -- sometimes in rain sometimes in heat sometimes in cold... and still its day would not be done... after a short break during my shower its back out into the even more dangerous and raucous world of pubs and clubs, coming along with me as i play gigs throughout new england for hard drinkers, fighters and lovers... my iphone rued the day they came out with the guitar toolkit app(which i use constantly for guitar tuning)... because once i could combine a watch/clock, ipod, guitar tuner and still be in touch with friends and fans and bar owners thru email/text/phone.... my iphone never left my side... through sawdust and the elements and spilled pints of guinness and shots of tequila, i put it through some serious work... i suppose if it were human i would have to give it extra hazard pay... it was in the end too much for my otterbox... which passed away 2-3 months ago.... now i have a brand new iphone 4s in dire need of some serious protection....please?

after spending all day in a haze of fine sawdust and spray finishes and paints in the cabinet shop i work in, my poor iphone 3G would then be subjected to being dragged along on a 5 mile run -- sometimes in rain sometimes in heat sometimes in cold... and still its day would not be done... after a short break during my shower its back out into the even more dangerous and raucous world of pubs and clubs, coming along with me as i play gigs throughout new england for hard drinkers, fighters and lovers... my iphone rued the day they came out with the guitar toolkit app(which i use constantly for guitar tuning)... because once i could combine a watch/clock, ipod, guitar tuner and still be in touch with friends and fans and bar owners thru email/text/phone.... my iphone never left my side... through sawdust and the elements and spilled pints of guinness and shots of tequila, i put it through some serious work... i suppose if it were human i would have to give it extra hazard pay... it was in the end too much for my otterbox... which passed away 2-3 months ago.... now i have a brand new iphone 4s in dire need of some serious protection....please?

after spending all day in a haze of fine sawdust and spray finishes and paints in the cabinet shop i work in, my poor iphone 3G would then be subjected to being dragged along on a 5 mile run -- sometimes in rain sometimes in heat sometimes in cold... and still its day would not be done... after a short break during my shower its back out into the even more dangerous and raucous world of pubs and clubs, coming along with me as i play gigs throughout new england for hard drinkers, fighters and lovers... my iphone rued the day they came out with the guitar toolkit app(which i use constantly for guitar tuning)... because once i could combine a watch/clock, ipod, guitar tuner and still be in touch with friends and fans and bar owners thru email/text/phone.... my iphone never left my side... through sawdust and the elements and spilled pints of guinness and shots of tequila, i put it through some serious work... i suppose if it were human i would have to give it extra hazard pay... it was in the end too much for my otterbox... which passed away 2-3 months ago.... now i have a brand new iphone 4s in dire need of some serious protection....please?

after spending all day in a haze of fine sawdust and spray finishes and paints in the cabinet shop i work in, my poor iphone 3G would then be subjected to being dragged along on a 5 mile run -- sometimes in rain sometimes in heat sometimes in cold... and still its day would not be done... after a short break during my shower its back out into the even more dangerous and raucous world of pubs and clubs, coming along with me as i play gigs throughout new england for hard drinkers, fighters and lovers... my iphone rued the day they came out with the guitar toolkit app(which i use constantly for guitar tuning)... because once i could combine a watch/clock, ipod, guitar tuner and still be in touch with friends and fans and bar owners thru email/text/phone.... my iphone never left my side... through sawdust and the elements and spilled pints of guinness and shots of tequila, i put it through some serious work... i suppose if it were human i would have to give it extra hazard pay... it was in the end too much for my otterbox... which passed away 2-3 months ago.... now i have a brand new iphone 4s in dire need of some serious protection....please?

Very cool. A liferproof case would be awesome. I'm always worried about my iPhone when I'm working out, wakeboarding, boating, snowboarding, kayaking, hunting, fishing or just playing with the kids.
I'm sure who ever wins this will be extreemly excited. Good luck to everybody.

Very cool. A liferproof case would be awesome. I'm always worried about my iPhone when I'm working out, wakeboarding, boating, snowboarding, kayaking, hunting, fishing or just playing with the kids.
I'm sure who ever wins this will be extreemly excited. Good luck to everybody.

Very cool. A liferproof case would be awesome. I'm always worried about my iPhone when I'm working out, wakeboarding, boating, snowboarding, kayaking, hunting, fishing or just playing with the kids.
I'm sure who ever wins this will be extreemly excited. Good luck to everybody.

Very cool. A liferproof case would be awesome. I'm always worried about my iPhone when I'm working out, wakeboarding, boating, snowboarding, kayaking, hunting, fishing or just playing with the kids.
I'm sure who ever wins this will be extreemly excited. Good luck to everybody.

Very cool. A liferproof case would be awesome. I'm always worried about my iPhone when I'm working out, wakeboarding, boating, snowboarding, kayaking, hunting, fishing or just playing with the kids.
I'm sure who ever wins this will be extreemly excited. Good luck to everybody.

Very cool. A liferproof case would be awesome. I'm always worried about my iPhone when I'm working out, wakeboarding, boating, snowboarding, kayaking, hunting, fishing or just playing with the kids.
I'm sure who ever wins this will be extreemly excited. Good luck to everybody.

Very cool. A liferproof case would be awesome. I'm always worried about my iPhone when I'm working out, wakeboarding, boating, snowboarding, kayaking, hunting, fishing or just playing with the kids.
I'm sure who ever wins this will be extreemly excited. Good luck to everybody.

Very cool. A liferproof case would be awesome. I'm always worried about my iPhone when I'm working out, wakeboarding, boating, snowboarding, kayaking, hunting, fishing or just playing with the kids.
I'm sure who ever wins this will be extreemly excited. Good luck to everybody.

Very cool. A liferproof case would be awesome. I'm always worried about my iPhone when I'm working out, wakeboarding, boating, snowboarding, kayaking, hunting, fishing or just playing with the kids.
I'm sure who ever wins this will be extreemly excited. Good luck to everybody.

Very cool. A liferproof case would be awesome. I'm always worried about my iPhone when I'm working out, wakeboarding, boating, snowboarding, kayaking, hunting, fishing or just playing with the kids.
I'm sure who ever wins this will be extreemly excited. Good luck to everybody.

Its like im buying phones monthly lol,i have a one year old and a four year old.
thay make everything daddy owns theres,And this iphone is one of there number one things they love to clam.
My one year old loves to bite and drol over everything. And my four year old loves to fly,stomp and throw things in the tolite. last weeks phone ended up there lol.
but i see with lifeproof i dont have to worry about anything,cause as i seen in the video. is nothing compare to what my little angel can do lol....God bless:) i gotta get me a case cause im loving what i see so far:)

I ALWAYS fear I would drop my phone into the washing machine while I'm fumbling with clothes, you may say I should put it down, I have actually nudged it (I think I should consider this a drop) with my clothes and had it falling to the floor (with an otterbox) WHEW! but if I had nudged it the OTHER way, it would've landed in the soapy water! Otterbox needs to make their waterproof too!

I don't know how much I trust the drops because the case is to thin, is it really that shock resistant compare to case that have bulky silicon or rubber on the outside? No that I have ever dropped a phone, but the chance can happen and I would like to be 100% it would be safe. waterproof-ness is also questionable, what if you drop it and a crack is formed, then it would no longer be waterproof. I do like the slim profile though Otterbox is a bit too thick as it doubles the thickness of an iPhone

I have a clumsy daughter who took my phone to the toilet and accidently dropped in the toilet causing my phone not to work. I had to pay $250 for a replacement. My phone needs to deal with 4 children. I feel sorry for it.

In my line of work I have to deal with a constant amount of abuse, long hours, a frequent level of physical demand, an occasional exposure to the elements, little sleep and at times lots and lots of water. As such, I am not always the most careful with what I should be gentle with (namely delicate electronic gadgets).
My profession? I am a firefighter. I have found that sometimes, in the middle of the day (or the night), I have inadvertently left crucial items like wallets or phones in my bunker pockets while being in extreme heat or cold. Sometimes I've lucked out with little damage. Other times......I haven't been so fortunate.
I've recently switched to an iPhone (it's the best thing since a PBJ sandwich), and ever since I have felt like I was cradling a newborn baby. I have a fitted shell for it, but I'm still wary of bringing it or using it anywhere where there isn't soft, comfortable padding immediately below or around me. The Lifeproof case is the best thing that I've seen that meets all the rigorous demands of my life, with the only exception: the cost.
Again, I'm a firefighter......not a millionaire.

I use my iphone to fight, manage & document forest fires either on the ground or by helicopter & airplane. My job in the US Forest Service has me in extreme conditions, desert heat, monsoons avalanches and obviously fire , smoke dirt & water. I am based in Las Vegas NV where temperatures on the desert floor can exceed 120 and on the mountain 45 minutes away can drop below 0. During a normal fire assignment it is common for me to work 16 hours a day for 2 weeks straight, sleeping in the dirt or if I'm lucky a tent, this environment is difficult for electronic equipment and I'd like to give a LifeProof case a try.

I work in a small ski resort & it is below freezing 60% of the time. I am a real estate broker & I am always answering my phone while getting in and out of the car, walking in knee deep snow, going up & down stairs. I’m always dropping it because my hands are too full of information pamphlets, their cold, wet or I’m just being in a hurry and fumbling. In a few days I will be getting a smart phone (iphone 4s) for the 1st time. Mostly because my son & daughter both have one & when they come home to visit they tell me how much they love theirs.
I hear these lifeproof covers are a "must have" for an iphone with the conditions here. I am excited and nervous but looking forward to a new experience and a new phone. Thank's for the opportunity to put in for this giveaway, thought I’d at least give it a try.

I'm as US ARMY MP (military police).... i have to use my phone all the time for notes and keeping on track with my fellow soldiers... i like to keep my phone with me while im in the field and it stays with me even while in uniform and with my gear on... so my phone takes the ultimate pounding and my old iphone really got thrashed... im just getting the iphone 4s when i get back home from a 5 week training excercise, id really like to have the best possible protection from rain or or bumps and bangs that my phone is going to run into.... this product looks perfect... support a US soldier who needs phone case that can take the same pounding i take on a daily basis ;)

I'm as US ARMY MP (military police).... i have to use my phone all the time for notes and keeping on track with my fellow soldiers... i like to keep my phone with me while im in the field and it stays with me even while in uniform and with my gear on... so my phone takes the ultimate pounding and my old iphone really got thrashed... im just getting the iphone 4s when i get back home from a 5 week training excercise, id really like to have the best possible protection from rain or or bumps and bangs that my phone is going to run into.... this product looks perfect... support a US soldier who needs phone case that can take the same pounding i take on a daily basis ;)

My iPhone is in constant danger. I work at an aquarium with a pick pocket octopus that has been greedily eyeing my new 4S. I have a team of angry girlfriends that like to throw my phone at various walls and wall like surfaces (floors, ceilings). I have a habit of talking to Siri while I'm in the shower. She keeps telling me to get back to work, though. I eat snow cones all the time, but I'm kind of clumsy, so the snowproofing will definitely come in handy.
And THIS... is why I need to lifeproof my phone.

That shaky old lady named Gen
Was thrilled to discover that when
Her old telephone croaked
and she was dead broke.......
iPhone was her prize for chances she tries
Now and then, doncha' know, 10 for ten.
But shaking still troubles her, see,
Though she hikes and she bikes with great glee.
A strong case is required to help her stay wired
To internet sites such as these.

That shaky old lady named Gen
Was thrilled to discover that when
Her old telephone croaked
and she was dead broke.......
iPhone was her prize for chances she tries
Now and then, doncha' know, 10 for ten.
But shaking still troubles her, see,
Though she hikes and she bikes with great glee.
A strong case is required to help her stay wired
To internet sites such as these.

Duckwalk, you gotta do the, Duckwalk
Do it while you hold your phone and, ITalk
Dancing with your phone
Jiving to the tones
Duckwalk, you gotta do the, Duckwalk.
This is a pool-side performance my co-leaders and I do with our senior ladies Aquasize group. When we're done singing and dancing while they jive in the water, we put a phone on a speaker and blast out the ITunes.
I sure could use a Lifeproof case! I wouldn't mind having those swimming accessories, too, if you're done with them!

Well, you don't win contests by being pathetic, but I have Parkinson's disease and drop all my things again and again and again. We laugh about it because I've always been a speedy go-getter moving at "Mach 2 with my hair on fire." Withe the speed at which I move combined with the shake in my hands, when something slips out of my fingers it tends to fly across the room and crash against the nearest surface. Since the nearest surface always seems to be tile wall or a hardwood floor, there's lots of breakage around here! What with living on disability and taking care of a dog, two cats, and the occasional ice cream requirements life presents, scaring up the money for the IPhone 4s has taken a while. Good thing it did! The 4s is fabulous for me since my fingers shake and I can't text! :( So... want to help me be safe with my new toy while I scream around town at my favorite speed? I'd like that!

I would like to buy one .I am a painting contractor and my phone takes a beeting from paint and watter never mined the drops.can you tell me where I can pick one up near the zip code 02481 ? thank you. Barton

Has the giveaway ended? I have three little ones, I'm always on the move, iPhone is a work line, "home phone line" and cell phone. In and out the door, phone in pocket, in the kitchen while I cook, in the bathroom while I shower children, in and out in all weather with work and children activities. Hope the giveaway didn't end yet. My iPhone is the life line of communication outside out household!

Well I have the Otterbox Defender right now and yes it protected my iPhone 4 from scratches and falls. But not from dust. Due to my kind of work, (Maintenance mechanic), I always crawl, go over, and under machineries. And my phone sometimes will fall or drag while doing my work. So I think I'm a good candidate for that case that you're giving away. =)

My 11 month old! Had a 3GS and just upgraded to a 4S and want to make sure she doesn't destroy it lol. Plus we have a special needs 3 year old who loves to try and play games on it. This would be great!

Would really like one of these. I have the body glove that has a clip that I clip on my pocket. I am 24/7 support for iPhone and iPads where I work at as well as coordination and installation of computers and printers so I crawl around on the floor under desks where all the dust bunnies and escaped food items hide. Can get pretty gross at times.

As a sponsored freestyle skier, I'm constantly flipping and spinning over 60 foot gaps as well as dropping 30 foot cliffs. It would be nice to not have to worry about my unprotected iPhone 4S, especially considering my last iphone is in pieces.

Because my stepson has Palmar Hyperhidrosis (where you constantly sweat in the palm of your hands) electronic devices especially phones seem to die every 6-8 months with him.
Hoping this well help him and me out!

Can I just say that as a mom, helping my young children on their potty breaks, I have managed to drop 2phones in the toilet within a 2 month time period. Needless to say it has ruined both and I have been holding out for the new iPhone....I can't make it a third to be lost to the porcelain goddess! Many have already gained many laughs from my tricks but it should stop...don't you think?!

Hi,
I would need a lifeproof case because I'm a construction worker and numerous times I have accidentally dropped my IPhone when checking my email or time. Currently on my 3rd IPhone, 2 of them which I had broken from a drop.
-Alex

I skydive every weekend with my phone (125 jumps so far). Not sure it can withstand a 13,000 foot drop, but occasionally I do land in water (on purpose, I don't take my phone for these jumps). I also am a competitive water skier so it would be nice to keep my phone in my barefoot suit.

I did have and iPod it was in a case and it kept it clean I was at the airport going to see my son. I had to go to the bathroom so I put my iPod on my bag so when I turned around my iPod decided it wanted to go for a swim in the toilet it got to swim for a few minutes before I was missing it and that’s when I found it I grabbed it up and tried to dry it off I put it in some rice for three days and it steal wouldn’t work so I sent off and they could not fix it so now it’s dead. I just got the new iphone s and wanted a real good case for it I almost got the otter box then I saw the lifeproof case and it was water proof and it looked good and I’m always around water and I don’t want to lose my new phone to the water monster so I put it in a lifeproof case and I love it so for thank you so much.
Randy

I am a funeral director/embalmer and never know when or where I'm going to have to answer, use my iPhone. It could be in the embalming room, while splattering chemicals and body fluids can cover my phone, or it could be at the cemetery where it is raining and risks dropping in the grave. It would be nice to be able to pull my phone out in a torrential down pour and offer it to a grieving widow who wanted to call a child in the military who was not able to attend his father's funeral. That is where LifeProof could take me. Thanks.

I am a funeral director/embalmer and never know when or where I'm going to have to answer, use my iPhone. It could be in the embalming room, while splattering chemicals and body fluids can cover my phone, or it could be at the cemetery where it is raining and risks dropping in the grave. It would be nice to be able to pull my phone out in a torrential down pour and offer it to a grieving widow who wanted to call a child in the military who was not able to attend his father's funeral. That is where LifeProof could take me. Thanks.

I am the captain of a fishing boat on the north shore of Oahu Hawaii. A small example of what my phone gos through is getting washed of the 15' fly bridge onto a fiberglass deck or getting dropped into a 4' deep bait well or maybe even plunging to the bottom of the harbor. Plead help! ;)

Hi nice case finally I've been telling everybody about this case and I haven't even tried it yet anyway I'm on my 5th phone I now have a 2 4s iPhones and worry my phone are gonna get wet or crack the screen I do construction by day and teach martial arts by night I've cracked screens by dropping my phone which I drop or it bumps something and comes out of the clip my 32gs I forgot was on my lap got out of my truck and bamb right on the ground in a slush puddle and they all had otter cases on them but it a limited case

Hello TiPb...a great website! Well, I'm fairly rough on all gadgets, and so I expect my iPhone 4S to collect many bumps and bruises along the way, but would like to survive my 2-yr contract looking good. Everyday abuse will include the dropping in a crowded place with no carpet, falling into the carseat Grand Canyon where it always gets a scratch, and the ever present walking the plank scenario (I'm peeing).
More adventurous stuff...I'll be hiking Appalachian Trails with rock scrambles, rain, mud, and the occassional embarrasing fall (that bruised my last phone, and my hip). I like to jog, so everything gets sweaty. Snowboarding is dangerous to the phone and me since I fall on the phone every other fall. And my skydiving hobby of 6 years is going strong...so the phone needs to survive running into other jumpers and crash landings...or the occasional landing far from where I was suppose to. So it needs to work.
Looking forward to hearing where I finish!

I'm a personal chef who listens to music and podcasts while cooking. Last year at a client's house, while climbing down from a chair to get a sheet pan out of an overhead cabinet, I caught my earbud wire on the cabinet knob, which yanked my iPhone out of my apron pocket and right into a simmering crockpot full of Hungarian Goulash.
That was phone #3. Previous phones had corroded dock connectors (car charger left dangling from the socket onto wet/muddy floor mats), and a cracked glass/broken camera from a random drop in the mall. Now that I have my precious new iPhone #4, it really needs to be protected. From me.

Cause my friends like to throw me in the water at any given moment or my phone in the freezer when I'm asleep or eave me in the desert with only my iPhone to guide me or play hot potato with my iPhone! I need this case because of my friends :)

Even though i am the number 6 hundred and something post...I truly deserve this case to protect my brand new and BELOVED iPhone 4S! Why do i deserve it? Well for one this is my first apple iPhone! And from what did i convert to it? A BlackBerry! Yes i know iPhone owners hate BlackBerrys and Androids, but pity and look down on the Berry owners (yeah i know how it feels first hand cause i've been the one taking the criticism and attacks)... I have been a loyal Blackberry user (even though i own a MacBook Pro and an iPod touch), but those days are over. Gone are the days of being loyal for years and not seeing progress. Gone are the days of trying to convince myself that my device is better than anything out there. Gone are the days of loving apple products but sticking with the inferior device even though i knew what the other side offered! Gone are the days at Crackberry! (yeah i bet tipb.com mods and users love this hahaha)! The new days have arrived! I finally decided to go full blown apple and get the iPhone 4s, simply because i thought it was the best device out there. After using it just a week i can safely say i DO NOT KNOW HOW I DIDN'T DO THIS EARLIER. The change is like going from a hooptie 1970 VolksWagon bug and getting upgraded to a Brand New 2011 Buggati Veyron! Amazing Speed, Looks Great, Handles like a Dream, and the Power is Blazing!
Now lets get to the real stuff! The main reason i did not get an iPhone before is because of the full touchscreen. Yes you heard it, i did not want a full touchscreen phone! No I'm not gonna moan and whine and state how amazing it is for a phone to have a full physical keyboard, but in my case it was more of a necessity! I have owned some full touchscreen devices in the past, and what has happened? The screen gets cracked of breaks! That leave me with no choice but to change or dispose of my phone! Without the screen, that means no use for the phone even if everything else works! Fixing the screen is Ok but it just cracks again somewhere down the line. The need of the physical keyboard was more for having the phone work after the screen is cracked! At least i was able to call and answer phones with it, even though the phone was pretty useless after that. I always wanted to try an iPhone but had this big worry about touchscreens! Seeing my friends with cracked iPhones (3g and 4) did not help my confidence as well! But i made the plunge because i simply cannot resist the AMAZINGNESS that is an iPhone. Full blown apple user now, so therefore full blown tipb.com follower too! So, why does a phone destroying, ex BlackBerry user deserve this case? Well if that wasn't enough stuff to digest! The mere fact that an iPhone 4S life is at stake should be the final nail in the coffin! I have suffered enough in the past (thanks RIM), but with this case my iPhone will not suffer the same troubles i have been through!
Thanks Tipb for the contests, new membership, and Good Luck to all on the contest!
Ex-CrackberryAddict

I drive a big yellow dump truck on a minesite, my cab is two stories up, and my shiny new iPhone 4S hasn't yet taken the dive off the catwalk through the engine bay onto the dusty ground that my iPhone 4 didn't survive, but it's come close. Please could you send me the life proof case so I can protect my awesome new phone from my clumsiness?

Im a teenage boy. If that isnt enough said, my new iPhone has already been dropped quite a few times in the week Ive had it, and has a couple of nicks to the metal housing already where my current case doesnt cover. I also did not have the money to purchase AppleCare+ with my phone, so if something unfortunate does happen Ill be out an iPhone...

I'm a 18 year old kid that is always white water rafting and wanting pictures on the trips but I can't cause I don't bring my phone. I am always outside doing something that I can't have my phone on me cause it will either get wet or break. When winter comes I want to be able to sled and video while sledding. Also my otterbox is way to bulky for me. I'm also poor and trying to pay for college so don't have money for one right now. Please give me the lifeproof case.

The floor (gravity). The street (somehow it happens). The toilet (2 pagers over the years... hopefully never my phone). Soda / Pop / "Coke" (I spill it... often). Laundry Machine (clean phone... it was a miracle that it still worked). Hand Sanitizer (hospital work). Teeth & Gums (iPhones are delicious to some babies). Hockey Puck Effect (iPhone slides across the floor and just when you are about to pick it up you accidentally kick it and it slides a little further). Stairs (good exercise... but not so good for phones). Mud (and lots of it). I need help!

I'm poor and I also think I'm hilarious. I wear a lot of pink. I'm sixty. I hoot it up down at the beach with my Dog Daisy, every day. I wrote that poem, below, by Genny Doodler. And I'm no writer, I watched your ad, and I was inspired.
My poem should have mentioned pollution and oil slicks, and those smelly things that are gray. My Lifeproof case would keep my IPhone safe through it all, and my hands have this annoying tremor, so my phone often falls.
I may be older but I still sing and dance and skate. I go skiing in the winter although I'm kinda overweight. I go swimming with my dog at the dog park; in summer there's not a dry day. She shakes sand all over my IPhone, but Lifeproof is dirt-proof, so that would be okay.
I leave my phone in the car for the family to use. My daughter ran out of gase once, it was a day full of abuse. We can't afford three cell phones, and the place our one should secure is the container my kids are driving in. The car has crash protection, and so should the phone. The laptops are in Halliburton, but the IPhone clatters around with the loose coins in the drink cup, so it could die of clattering, or it could, someday, drown. And don't think that's not an emergency! I need my IPhone GPS, to figure out how to get home from the market, because I tend to forget.
A used Lifeproof would be perfect; it doesn't have to be new. It just has to be pretty darn lifeproof, like my kids and me and you. I try to equip my kids with common sense, to keep them on their path. I'd like a Lifeproof to keep them safe in the car, if they are running out of gas.

Hey. I found a better way to write the end of my poem. Please let me post it here, I should have proofread, but like I said, I was on the phone!
Sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Watchin’ my phone wash away,
Waitin’ for the tide to come in
Perhaps my phone’ll come back again;
Hey! I’m off my butt yeah, the first time in days –
My phone is tossing at the edge of the waves;
Down the pier and around to the beach,
That Lifeproof case I stole, is really a peach,
Like that Timex watch that used to tick through it all,
The phone’s okay, barnacles, and hermit crabs, and all....
So I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay,
Just dialing away,
Callin' you before your IPhone can fall,
Which would drive you right up your wall,
Move your butt, and steal a case for yourself - since those Lifeproof cases
Move so fast they can’t be found on the shelf,
Stash it quick in your pocket or bag,
Make it fast, it's not sticky,
So it won’t drag,
Or, just write a poem that’s too silly to fail
Perhaps the folks at Lifeproof will let you have their old case,
Just to keep you out of jail.

Well, this one is better, I often get brilliant after posting:
Sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Watchin’ my phone wash away,
Waitin’ for the tide to come in
Perhaps my phone’ll come back again;
Hey! I’m off my butt yeah, the first time in days –
My phone is tossing at the edge of the waves;
Down the pier and around to the beach,
That Lifeproof case I stole, is really a peach,
Like that Timex watch that used to tick through it all,
The phone’s okay, barnacles, and hermit crabs, and all.
So I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay,
Just dialing away,
Callin' you before your IPhone can fall,
Which would drive you right up your wall,
Move your butt, and steal a case for yourself - since those Lifeproof cases
Move so fast they can’t be found on the shelf,
Stash it quick in your pocket or bag,
Move fast, the case ain't sticky,
So it won’t drag,
Better yet, write a poem that’s too silly to fail
Perhaps the folks at Lifeproof will let you have one,
Just to keep you out of jail.

Sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Watchin’ my phone wash away,
Waitin’ for the tide to come in
Perhaps my phone’ll come back again;
Hey! I’m off my butt yeah, the first time in days –
My phone is tossing at the edge of the waves;
Down the pier and around to the beach,
That Lifeproof case I stole, is really a peach,
Like that Timex watch that used to tick through it all,
The phone’s okay, barnacles, and hermit crabs, and all.
So I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay,
Just dialing away,
Callin' you before your IPhone can fall,
Which would drive you right up your wall,
Move your butt, and steal a case for yourself - since those Lifeproof cases
Move so fast they can’t be found on the shelf,
Stash it quick in your pocket or bag,
You can make it fast because it's slim and light and not sticky,
So it won’t drag,
Or write a poem that’s too silly to fail
And see if the folks at Lifeproof let you have one,
Just to keep you out of jail.

I've taken it with me, accidentally, into a few burning buildings!!! Needless to say, the phone has survived every accident, but I can't afford to keep buying cases. Especially on a fireman's salary!!!

I'm about to buy it but I have a few concerns like the screen protector not flat and creating problems on the touchscreen, and some echo problems according to reviews. I hope these issues are addressed on the new version.

A case like this would have helped save his phone when my daughter (age two or three at the time) threw his phone into a fish pond at the local home improvement store. Needless to say, it didn't survive the swim as well as your iPhone did! Would love to win this case for my new iPhone even though my kids are a bit older now!

In the last 18 months I have dropped my iphone twice while navigating the streets of Manhattan (once requiring replacement). I bike 40 miles a week and my job requires me to work outside most of the year. I love my iphone but I am unintentionally brutal with it. This case looks awesome.

Imagine an old and bald 40-something trying to hang-on to any part of his youth. Picture a jeep where everything is subject to the elements, a jet ski with no "stay-dry" compartment and saltwater everywhere, and the needs of a run-down home with a do-it-yourself owner. I presently have a septic tank and drain field problem..a real cruddy problem that needs a lot of "hand-on" time.

I have destroyed two iphone 4's already. Not doing anything super serious. Once while I was climbing into my car (it is a cute little 97 chevy cavalier), dropped it and it shattered. Well the other time, I am not going to lie about. I was at a party, went outside to make a phone call and it fell out of my hands onto the street. The real kicker. I got an otterbox right after that. Stepped on it with my ice skate and the otterbox case shattered! I thought it was indestructible.
On a daily basis, I do normal daily things like bringing it everywhere with me, that includes bringing it on the ice with me. We take videos of each other skating to see what we did wrong or right. You drop your phone once on the ice and it is done for! I have seen it happen to a few girls and coaches already. It is not pretty.
Side note, I go to college in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The weather goes like this Spring, 4th of july, fall, W I N T E R. It is also more unpredictable than a college students sleep schedule. We get the lake effect snow and rain. I am also a poor college student (what college student isn't though?).
I would like (REALLY NEED) a case that can be protected from breaking because Apple said they would no longer replace it for free. Plus I really like my phone. I can facetime with my parents when I am studying at the library or walking to class. Iphone 4's, I am pretty sure are the only phones that can do so.

I've always been a little rough around the edges (of my beloved iPhone). It hasn't helped since I started my new job which takes me across the country putting on extreme running races (Warrior Dash check it out!) My phone is subject to dirt, mud, sand, wild life, lots of sweat and everything in between! It even risks the occasional fall on concrete on the windy streets of Chicago

This is the perfect case for my boyfriend. If I won I would just give it to him. We have both owned every iPhone and every year he ends up breaking his at least once. If there is anyone I can think of that needs a case like this it's definitely him. For one he is a landscaper and he uses the iPhone all day at work so the dirt and water protection will come in handy. Also we spend a bunch of time each year at his house in brazil, where they have tiled concrete floors, and he is always dropping his iPhones ... So a case that can stand up to more than a fair share of abuse would be appreciated. Especialy since I'm always the one who has to take his broken iPhones to the genius bar. By the way I had to post as guest because tipb kept logging me out for some reason.

Well, it's not so much myself who puts MY iPhone into dangerous situations....but for some reason when I wake up I continually find YouTube open with Dora or some other cartoon ready to play. Hmmm, which of my young girls was it this time?????? I think that a LifeProof case would provide me with an added comfort level.